First EVER album release for the highly coveted psychedelic rock band- A World exclusive- Previously unreleased stereo masters- Debut single penned by 13th Floor Elevators writer Powell St. John- Previously unreleased 1969 Texas recordings. The Flower Power were formed in Gulfport, MS, in October 1967 by Craig Ferguson, guitar and lead vocal (formerly of The Soule Survivors), Robert Weathersby, guitar and Gregg Giuffria, organ (both from The Telstars), David McIntosh and Sandi Craig (from Sandi and the Gang Band) and Joe Rolison from The Varments on bass. They were still in their teens aged between 15 to 17 years old. They gigged in local clubs and bars up and down the GulfÂ Coast and, by good fortune, met their future managersÂ Tom and Paul Krimsier in a radio station car park inÂ New Orleans. Tom's father-in-law was none other thanÂ Joe Banashak, a prominent producer and record labelÂ owner. He signed them to his Tune-Kel imprint in earlyÂ 1968 and they cut their first single, 'Bye Bye Baby', at theÂ famed Cosimo Recording Studios. With the Krimsier Management on board the bandÂ moved up a gear backing the likes of B. J. Thomas, JimiÂ Hendrix, Sly and the Family Stone, The Nazz, ToddÂ Rundgren and many others. On Sunday, August 31stÂ The Flower Power were the opening act at the first NewÂ Orleans Pop Festival, a two day event with Janis Joplin,Â Santana and The Grateful Dead. They continued toÂ record for Banashak and released five singles on Tune-Kel, all highly collectable today. They also laid downÂ some material in Houston, Texas, unreleased until now!Many thanks to band member Joe Rolison for much of theÂ information provided.

Tracklist:

Mississippi Delta
Bye Bye Baby
Trivialities
MT. Olympus
You Make Me Fly
Sunshine Day
Sailing Around the Sun
Don't Burn My Wings
Orange Skies
Stop! Check It
Let Me Love You Baby
You Were Mine

UPC: 5060767449905
Label: Charly
Release Date: 7.19.24
Format: Vinyl

Flower Power - Flower Power (Uk) (LP)